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postgresql-contrib package

From
Maciek Sakrejda
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Hello,

I had a question about Postgres packaging. We're revamping some documentation, and some of our features depend on pg_stat_statements and auto_explain, and we want to guide our users to installing these if they are not already available. I know that for a while, both pg_stat_statements and auto_explain were available via the postgresql-contrib package, but now it appears that this is a virtual package that just ensures installation of the main server package? Is it no longer necessary to install contrib separately on modern systems? I looked through the packaging wiki and faq to try to find more details, but I did not find any info.

Thanks,
Maciek

Re: postgresql-contrib package

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:


On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:24 AM Maciek Sakrejda <maciek@pganalyze.com> wrote:
Hello,

I had a question about Postgres packaging. We're revamping some documentation, and some of our features depend on pg_stat_statements and auto_explain, and we want to guide our users to installing these if they are not already available. I know that for a while, both pg_stat_statements and auto_explain were available via the postgresql-contrib package, but now it appears that this is a virtual package that just ensures installation of the main server package? Is it no longer necessary to install contrib separately on modern systems? I looked through the packaging wiki and faq to try to find more details, but I did not find any info.


Correct, modern versions on Debian include those modules that used to be in the contrib package in the main package instead. 

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